The Soft Gold of Skincare: Hydrolyzed Collagen Protein

What is Hydrolyzed Collagen Protein?

Hydrolyzed collagen protein is a product obtained by enzymatic digestion of collagen. It has anti-aging properties and promotes skin metabolism. Collagen is essential for skin tension, elasticity, growth, repair, and nourishment. Small-molecule hydrolyzed collagen protein can improve the facial skin quality of women, offering both safety and effectiveness, especially in reducing wrinkles.

The Effects of Hydrolyzed Collagen Protein on the Skin

The molecular weight of hydrolyzed collagen protein is approximately between 500 and 20,000 Daltons. It is allowed to be used in cosmetics, health products, and other products. Compared to collagen, hydrolyzed collagen protein molecules are smaller and more easily absorbed by the skin.

The molecular weight of hydrolyzed collagen protein required in our cosmetics is generally between 1,000 and 5,000 Daltons. Experiments have shown that hydrolyzed collagen protein with a molecular weight between 700 and 1,000 Daltons exhibits the best skincare effects.

Experiments indicate that when the concentration of hydrolyzed collagen protein is less than 1%, the absorption rate is very low. At concentrations between 3-5%, the absorption rate is maximum, and beyond this concentration, the absorption rate does not increase further. Moreover, the absorbed hydrolyzed collagen protein can participate in human metabolism, improving fine lines, dry skin, roughness, and even cracked skin, melasma, chilblains, and dermatitis.

Improving Cracks and Roughness

When the skin is dehydrated, besides feeling dry and tight, it can also lead to cracked skin, dermatitis, spots, and wrinkles. Therefore, maintaining moisture is essential for dry skin and during cold autumn and winter seasons.

Hydrolyzed collagen protein has good skin affinity, and the collagen polypeptides contain hydrophilic groups such as amino, carboxyl, and hydroxyl groups. These groups can effectively attract water, form a moisturizing film, and enhance the skin's moisturizing ability.

Improving Fine Lines and Enlarged Pores

Hydrolyzed collagen protein can also provide amino acid raw materials for the skin, promote the regeneration of skin collagen, repair the fiber mesh, thicken the dermis, enhance skin elasticity and firmness, and improve the skin's moisturizing ability, thus alleviating rough skin, fine lines, and enlarged pores.

Moreover, certain hydrolyzed collagen proteins can reduce UV damage to the skin and stimulate cell proliferation and differentiation, repair damaged skin, promote wound healing, and make the skin smooth and delicate.

Delaying Skin Aging

The hydrolyzed collagen protein obtained with trypsin hydrolysis has the strongest antioxidant activity and free radical scavenging ability, reducing cell damage by free radicals and lipid peroxidation. It can also enhance the activity of SOD and GSH-px, neutralize and remove excess free radicals, and maintain the balance between the oxidative and antioxidant systems in the body.

Hydrolyzed collagen protein can also promote cell repair and regeneration, improving the structure of the epidermis and dermis, restoring skin physiological functions, enhancing skin immunity, and delaying skin aging.

Improving Dull Skin and Spots

Hydrolyzed collagen protein can inhibit tyrosinase activity and regulate mRNA transcription, thus achieving the effects of lightening spots, whitening, and brightening the skin tone. Additionally, hydrolyzed collagen protein can reduce UV damage to the skin.

Edible Ingredient

Moreover, hydrolyzed collagen protein has effects such as lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, preventing osteoporosis, and protecting the gastric mucosa, making it commonly used in health products.